What a tourism board website needs to do
Visitors plan by interest, not by organization chart. Organize around outdoors, food, events, family and lodging, show a simple seasonal calendar and link to local businesses without duplicating them.
A tourism site is a front door to many businesses. A clear listing approach, with consistent fields and honest links, keeps it fair and easy to maintain without becoming a directory you cannot keep current.
People searching for a tourism board usually decide in seconds. Your site should answer the questions below before they have to ask.
Plan a trip
By interest
See events
Calendar
Find lodging
Links
Download a guide
Visitor PDF
Timing matters. Summer and fall leaf season and holiday weekends drive planning.
The pages a tourism board website needs
A tourism board site does not need dozens of pages. It needs the right few, each doing one job:
- ✓Home with seasonal picks
- ✓Things to do
- ✓Events
- ✓Where to stay and eat
- ✓Plan and contact
Need a page for every service or town you cover? The larger packages give you room to grow.
Mistakes we see on tourism board websites
- ✓Directory without a point of view — no reason to choose
- ✓Old event dates
- ✓Heavy images — slow on phones
Getting found: SEO basics for a tourism board
- ✓Interest and place — "things to do in your town in fall"
- ✓Seasonal pages
- ✓Itinerary pages
Cheap Cheap Websites sets up the essentials on every build, and Monthly SEO adds new pages every month when you are ready.
Sample sites that could be yours
These are real samples we designed. Yours is built around your business, your photos and your words.
What a tourism board website costs
Most tourism boards fit Business Extra: $1,500 one-time for up to 50 pages, because they need a home page, a things-to-do page, an events page, a lodging page and a contact page. Websites are priced one-time, plus Website Care at $30/month for hosting, HTTPS, backups, weekly checks and A/B testing. Every package includes a consultation, mobile-friendly design, copy we write for you, a contact form, essential search setup and 10 revision rounds.
Optional add-ons, billed separately
The prices above are for your website. These two are separate monthly products you can add now or later. Neither is part of the website price.
Monthly SEO, from $50/month: new pages published on your site every month. See Monthly SEO →
Business Spotlight, from $30/month: articles about your business, labeled as paid, published on The Company Chronicle. See Business Spotlight →
What we ask a tourism board for
We will ask for your attractions, events, lodging links, photos, guides and contact details.
How it works
1. Consultation
We learn your services, customers and goals, in English or Spanish.
2. We write and design
We draft the words and build the site around your business.
3. 10 revision rounds
You review and request changes until it is right.
4. Launch and care
We launch, then Website Care keeps it hosted, backed up, checked weekly and A/B tested.
Websites for related businesses
Economic development organizations · Travel advisors · Boutique hotels · Tour guides
